Person:Samuel Wright (1)
Sergeant Samuel Wright
b.Est 1630
d.2 Sep 1675 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1629
  1. Sergeant Samuel WrightEst 1630 - 1675
  2. Esther WrightEst 1632 - 1664
  3. Margaret WrightEst 1634 - 1699
  4. Lydia WrightEst 1636 - 1698/99
  5. Mary WrightEst 1638 - 1683
  6. James WrightEst 1640 - 1723
  7. Judah Wright1642 - 1725
  8. Helped Wright1644 - Bef 1663
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Nov 1653
  1. Samuel Wright, III1654 - 1734
  2. Joseph Wright1657 - 1696/97
  3. Captain Benjamin Wright1660 - 1743
  4. Ebenezer Wright1662/63 - 1748
  5. Elizabeth Wright1666 -
  6. Eleazer Wright1668 - 1753
  7. Hannah Wright1670/71 - 1687
  8. Benoni Wright1675 - 1702
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Facts and Events
Name Sergeant Samuel Wright
Alt Name Samuel Wright, Jr
Gender Male
Birth[7] Est 1630
Marriage 24 Nov 1653 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Burt
Death[3][4][8] 2 Sep 1675 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United StatesProbably a precursor skirmish to the Battle of Bloody Brook
Ancestral File Number 9JH1-WQ

Killed by Native Americans at Northfield, MA during King Phillip's War, Sept. 2, 1675. One of eight farmers surprised by Native Americans while at work in the woods.

References
  1.   WRIGHT FAMILY HISTORY, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.
  2.   Michael C Wright. Wright, Michael C. E-mail Regarding Genealogy of Deacon Samuel and other Early American Wrights.
  3. ↑ Wright, Curtis. Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants of Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex England, in America, Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, Conn., Samuel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., 1610-1670, 1614-1665. (Carthage, Mo.: The Author, 1915)
    page 152.

    ' "He was killed by the Indians at Bloody Brook (Northfield), Mass., in 1675 when Capt. Lathrop and 84 men were ambuscaded by 700 Indians and killed." In 1831 a monument was there erected to their memory.
    He ... d. Sept. 2, 1675.'

  4. ↑ Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts: Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    page 1564.

    'Wright, Samuel of Springfield & Northampton
    Son of Dea. Samuel Wright, 1665
    Margaret, -1681
    Died Sept. 2 1675 at Northfield Slain by Indians'

  5.   Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    1:20.

    '[torn]ell [footnote: "Samuel" written above in a different hand.] Wright joyned in marriage to [E]izabeth Burt the 24 of the 9 mon: 1653'

  6.   Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971).
  7. ↑ Birth year estimated based on marriage date and estimated birth years of siblings.
  8. ↑ While Curtis Wright indicates that he was killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook (date given variously as 12 Sep, 18 Sep and 19 Sep 1675 on different web sites), the date of his death is given as 2 Sep 1675. Another source indicates that he was part of a group of 8 people when he was killed, so he likely was killed in a raid that led up to the Battle of Bloody Brook.
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